Zippyjuan
08-23-2018, 02:12 PM
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-michael-cohens-hush-money-payoffs-campaign-violations/story?id=57352089
Two days after President Trump's former personal attorney pleaded guilty to illegal campaign contributions, the president ripped Michael Cohen for "flipping" to accept a plea deal, while also warning that the stock market would tank if the Democrats win control of Congress and move to impeach him.
"I don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job," he told Fox News in an interview that aired Thursday morning, giving his job performance an A-plus rating. "I will tell you what, if I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor."
As for Cohen, who alleges that the president directed his hush-money payoffs, Trump said deal-making under legal pressure "almost ought to be illegal."
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Impeachment would be difficult even if the Dems take control of Congress in the fall elections. To impeach requires two thirds which would still require a large number of Republicans going along with it. 51% of the House can call for impeachment to get things rolling, but two thirds of the Senate would have to vote in favor (following a trial/ hearings) for him to be actually impeached.
Two days after President Trump's former personal attorney pleaded guilty to illegal campaign contributions, the president ripped Michael Cohen for "flipping" to accept a plea deal, while also warning that the stock market would tank if the Democrats win control of Congress and move to impeach him.
"I don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job," he told Fox News in an interview that aired Thursday morning, giving his job performance an A-plus rating. "I will tell you what, if I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor."
As for Cohen, who alleges that the president directed his hush-money payoffs, Trump said deal-making under legal pressure "almost ought to be illegal."
More at link.
Impeachment would be difficult even if the Dems take control of Congress in the fall elections. To impeach requires two thirds which would still require a large number of Republicans going along with it. 51% of the House can call for impeachment to get things rolling, but two thirds of the Senate would have to vote in favor (following a trial/ hearings) for him to be actually impeached.